Soap cake



Aug. 27, 1935. T, BACKEN 2,012,862

SOAP CAKE Filed July 10, 1954 INVENTOR msovoa: DACKEN,

Patented Aug. 27, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE soar CAKE Theodore Backen, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application July 10, 1934, Serial No; 734,453

2 Claims.

' ferent kinds; the latter pieces being in the process This invention relates to new and useful improvements in soap cakes, and has for its object to provide a cake of soap, composed of different kinds of soap, and-having such different kinds arranged in a specific and novel manner for new and useful purposes.

Thus, according to my invention, two, or more, kinds of soap may be combined in one soap cake, for instance, by having one end of the cake consisting of a'soft and oily soap of the quality usually employed ior the face and hands, or, if desired, a quality, especially suitable for babies, and the other end of the cake consisting of a soap, especially adaptable for scrubbing and scouring purposes, and having the characteristics of a pumice.

In addition, there is in this invention contemplated the arrangement of featuresto the effect that several pieces of soap, of a certain quality, may together, or in turn be separated from a main body of soap of a different quality; or the said several pieces may, when having the characteristics of a pumice, be so arranged, relative to the other kind ofsoap, constituting the ensembled device, that said several pieces ofsoap may serve as a scouring medium, somewhat similar to a scrubbing brush, or cleaner.

Finally, the novel combination and relative arrangen'ient of the different kinds of soap, as hereinbefore stated, may, it is thought, be usefully employed by some concern, for instance, a combination of chain stores, especially in the grocery line, for advertising purposes.

As the manufacture, according to the disclo-' sure herein, would be comparatively simple, the cost should normally be as low, as in the ordinary manufacturing of soaps.-

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,

-- hereinafter ,fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming parts of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'views, and in which:-"

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of inyv invention.

' on the line 22 in Figure 1; while.

Figure 3 shows a modification of my invention,-

as herein described.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l0-

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, takenv of manufacturing slightly connected together in such a manner that any of these pieces may easily be broken away from the one at its side; this latter step is mainly accomplished by connecting the central body portion of said pieces together, and at the same time having a comparatively deep recess or groove between the edges of said pieces; said groove being indicated by the numeral l2. The pieces I I, I l are in a similar way connected to the piece of soap ill, a slightly deeper recess I3 is, however, formed between the piece I0 and the nearest one of the pieces II, in order that the latter, as a unit,- may be broken away from'the said piece 10, if this should be desired.

In order, however, to assure that upon separation. of the coarser soap, or scouring soap, from thetoilet soap, the latter will under all circumstances be free from any trace or particles of said scouring soap, the somewhat deeper recess .13 is formed in the toilet soap In to the effect that a slight piece or rim H of the toilet soap is closely associated with the said scouring soap pieces II, and will be broken off with the latter upon separation of these from the toilet soap Hi.

In Figure 3 isshown a modification of my device to the effect that the pieces H, H are connected in an endwise manner to the main body,

o the modified form of the invention the pieces ll,

Il, may be singly or together separated from the main piece of soap Ill.

The relative connection'oi the soap pieces II,

II to the soap piece l0 with reference, especially,

to the rim portion I4, is maintained in the modification shown in Figure 3. A

I claim: g

1. man article of manufacture; a cake of soap, comprising two sections, one section of a toilet soap quality, and the other section of a scouring soap quality, said two sections being separated by means of a groove of a substantial depth arranged in the soap section of the toilet quality, the wall of the groove adjoining the section of the scouring soap-quality being also of the soapsection of the toilet quality, the section of the scouting soap quality consisting of a plurality of pieces transversely arranged with respect tothe section of the toilet soap quality and at the end of the latter, said pieces being partly separated from one another by means of grooves among the latter, thereby imparting to the said pieces a brushbristle like appearance and efiect, when viewing the two sections together, and permitting the separation individually or said scouring soap pieces.

2.. In an article of manufacture, a cake of soap, comprising two sections, one section of a toilet soap quality and being of a substantially rectangular shape, and the other section of a scouring soap quality, the latter having its body portion formed in an accordion-like manner, said two sections being separated by means of a groove of a substantial depth arranged in the soap section of the toilet quality, the wall of the groove adjoining the section of the scouring soap quality being also of the soap section of the toilet quality, the accordion-like shaped portioncomprislng pieces partly separated from one another by means of grooves therebetween, thereby permitting separation individually ot said scouring 10 soap pieces.

THEODORE BACKEN. 

